Abraham Lincoln—War Criminal - LewRockwell

Abraham Lincoln—War Criminal - LewRockwell: We frequently read today about war crimes, such as bombing hospitals. In World War II Britain bombed civilians in Dresden and dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In war, we are told, “anything goes.” Abraham Lincoln followed this barbaric policy, and those who treat him as a “hero” have much to answer for. In his definitive book War Crimes Against Southern Civilians (Pelican 2007), the historian Walter Brian Cisco blames Lincoln for a brutal campaign of Terror against the South: “A Review of War Crimes Against Southern Civilians by Walter Brian Cisco (Pelican, 2007). War Crimes Against Sou... Cisco, Walter Best … Continue reading →